Isolated diffuse choroidal hemangioma: A variant of sturge-weber syndrome?

Hansell Soto, Randy C. Bowen, Colleen Cebulla, Kirk M. McHugh, Arun D. Singh*

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Abstract

The authors report a case of a diffuse choroidal hemangioma in the left eye of a 17-year-old girl. No evidence of leptomeningeal angiomatosis was found on magnetic resonance imaging and neither the medical history nor the clinical examination revealed a port wine birthmark on the left side of the face. Fine telangiectatic vessels were found on the bulbar conjunctiva of the ipsilateral eye. Because of the shared destination of the vessel-trigeminal-ectoderm complex that migrates toward the optic placode, forming choriocapillaris, upper facial skin (upper eyelid), and conjunctival vessels, an embryological basis can be offered for ophthalmic angiomatosis of Sturge-Weber syndrome. The authors propose that vascular angiomatosis of upper eyelid skin and conjunctiva are phenotypically equivalent and may be present or absent, independent of each other. Their proposed expansion of Sturge-Weber syndrome diagnostic criteria needs to be validated by a comprehensive review of ophthalmic features of Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)E42-E47
JournalJournal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Volume57
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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